ANIL CHACKO

Title	Assistant Professor
Area	Clinical Psychology
Ph.D.	State University of New York at Buffalo
Office	D-304 Science Building
E-mail	anil.chacko@qc.cuny.edu
Office Phone	718-997-3237

Professional Activities:

Society Memberships:
    American Psychological Association
    Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
    International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
    Association for the Advancement of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy
    Society for Research in Child Development
    Society for Prevention Research

Center for Disease Control, Special Emphais Panel, 2009
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Research Description:

The goal of research conducted in this lab is to understand how best to develop effective, engaging, and efficient prevention, intervention, and service delivery models for youth at high-risk for and those affected with Disruptive Behavior Disorders (i.e., Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, and/or Conduct Disorder) and related conditions. An important focus is on children that are considered at heightened risk for poor outcomes owing to the presence of multiple contextual, familial, and inter/intrapersonal risk factors. To learn more about our current work, please visit the website for the Child Intervention Prevention and Services (CHIPS) Laboratory.

Selected Publications:

    Chacko, A., Wakschlag, L.., Hill, C. Danis, B., & Espy, K. (2009). Viewing preschool disruptive behavior and ADHD through a developmental lens: What we know and what we need to know. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18, 627-643.

    Chacko, A., Wymbs, B.T., Arnold, F.W., Pelham, W.E., Swanger-Gagne, M., Girio, E.L., Pirvics, L., Herbst, L., Guzzo, J.L., Phillips, C., & O’Connor, B. (2009). Enhancing traditional behavioral parent training for single-mothers of children with ADHD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 206-218.

    Fabiano, G.A., Chacko, A., Pelham, W.E., Robb, J., Walker, K.S., Arnold, F., Sastry, A., Flammer, L., Keenan, J.K., Visweswaraiah, H., Shulman, S., Herbst, L., Pirvics, L. (2009). A Comparison of Behavioral Parent Training Programs for Fathers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Therapy, 40, 190-204.

    Chacko, A., Wymbs, B.T., Flammer-Rivera, L., Pelham, W.E., Walker, K.S., Arnold, F., Visweswaraiah, H., Swanger-Gagne, M., Girio, E., Pirvics, l., & Herbst, L., (2008). A pilot study of the feasibility and efficacy of the Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting program for single mothers of children with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 12, 270-280.

    Chacko, A., Pelham, W.E., Gnagy, E.M., Greiner, A., Vallano, G., Bukstein, O., & Rancurello, M . (2005). Stimulant medication effects in a summer treatment program among young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 249-257.